Re: GP3 with Voodoo 5

Simon Brown wrote: > > Yeah, same here. Instead of selecting "fastest-performance" for D3D choose > "single-chip". I know it shouldn't make anything faster to run with only > one chip, but in a few games it does. It also gives a few fps in GPL. Try > it. 3dfx announced that some D3D games have problems with the SLI configuration of the V5. This will be fixed by either game or driver patches. <snapped off voodooextreme> -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

My Spec is: 710Mhz Celeron 2(566 o/c 710) 128Mb Ram Voodoo 5 5500 Agp Strange thing happen to me???Very Strange.. I play GP3 at 1280*1024(with FSAA 2x) resolution and all graphics options is ON and FULL(FPS slider is set at 26 fps,estimated show me about 14, but i raised it because occupancy are 30-40% with game running 14 fps). Racing with all AI my occupancy is about 90-110%, but when i take off my FSAA my occupacy is about 200% and looking much worse than 2x, how this is possible, my game is about half faster with 2x FSAA than no FSAA. -Jani-

Yeah, same here. Instead of selecting "fastest-performance" for D3D choose "single-chip". I know it shouldn't make anything faster to run with only one chip, but in a few games it does. It also gives a few fps in GPL. Try it.

Simon Brown wrote: > > The fact that they even suggested it might be up to the developers to make > patches and not 3dfx to fix their drivers seriously worries me. Considering the fact that it is equally easy to put a bug into a D3D program as into a D3D driver, both possibilities exist. I don't want to know how many #ifdef GTS2/V5 segments you'll find in upcoming game patches... ;) -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:16:33 GMT, "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons thus: >The fact that they [3dfx] even suggested it might be up to the developers to make >patches and not 3dfx to fix their drivers seriously worries me. <grin> Fairly typical of 3dfx, though. Martin D. Pay nVidia user... ^_^

The fact that they even suggested it might be up to the developers to make patches and not 3dfx to fix their drivers seriously worries me. "Ronald Stoehr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Simon Brown wrote: > > > > Yeah, same here. Instead of selecting "fastest-performance" for D3Dchoose > > "single-chip". I know it shouldn't make anything faster to run withonly > > one chip, but in a few games it does. It also gives a few fps in GPL.Try

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> > it. > > 3dfx announced that some D3D games have problems with the SLI > configuration > of the V5. This will be fixed by either game or driver patches. > <snapped off voodooextreme> > > -- > l8er > ronny > > Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change > to take effect. Reboot now? > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 01:58:13 GMT, [email hidden] mangled uncounted electrons thus:

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>On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:25:36 +0100, Martin D. Pay ><[email hidden]> thus spoke: > > >><grin> Fairly typical of 3dfx, though. > >Really? And I suppose you think the cluster fuck Nvidia drivers are a >better alternative?

<shrug> They work for me... Martin D. Pay Has used both types of cards over the years...

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:25:36 +0100, Martin D. Pay <[email hidden]> thus spoke: ><grin> Fairly typical of 3dfx, though. Really? And I suppose you think the cluster fuck Nvidia drivers are a better alternative? -- Nos

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:25:36 +0100, Martin D. Pay Really? And I suppose you think the cluster *** Nvidia drivers are a better alternative? -- Nos

Simon Brown wrote: > > Well, the possibility of it being either exists until you find it happenning > in multiple games which all run flawlessly on other cards. I don't think > it's a driver problem anyway, it's just the conseqence of having an SLI > setup. Or all the other D3D games are/are not using a feature that leads to the problem. Software bugs come in millions of shades, believe me, I create/detect them every day... ;) -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

Well, the possibility of it being either exists until you find it happenning in multiple games which all run flawlessly on other cards. I don't think it's a driver problem anyway, it's just the conseqence of having an SLI setup. "Ronald Stoehr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Simon Brown wrote: > > > > The fact that they even suggested it might be up to the developers tomake

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> > patches and not 3dfx to fix their drivers seriously worries me. > > Considering the fact that it is equally easy to put a bug into a D3D > program as into a D3D driver, both possibilities exist. > > I don't want to know how many #ifdef GTS2/V5 segments you'll find in > upcoming game patches... ;) > > -- > l8er > ronny > > Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change > to take effect. Reboot now? > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!